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Marcelo Gleiser

Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Dartmouth College
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Without the U.S. Government, the World Unites to Fight Climate Change

The One Planet Summit went on without President Trump last week. But state and local leaders in attendance renewed calls for adherence to the Paris Agreement targets.
December 20, 2017

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PostedDecember 20, 2017
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Tagsclimate change, global warming, Paris Agreement, fossil fuel, world bank

When Nature Teaches Us How to Be Human

As global warming changes the planet, we will experience many severe weather events. How we fare will depend largely on how well we preserve our best qualities — and community.
September 6, 2017

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PostedSeptember 6, 2017
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Tagsclimate change, global warming, hurricane harvey

Why We Are Naively Optimistic About Climate Change

Unfortunately, we are failing in the goal to make our children's world better than our own — and those who deny it won't have to see the consequences of their choices.
August 9, 2017

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PostedAugust 7, 2017
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Tagsclimate change, global warming, global temperatures

Our Choking Seas

When we fill up our garbage cans, we empty them into bigger ones. The biggest one, we seem to think, is our planet. We can't keep on filling it thinking it's a bottomless pit.
May 3, 2017

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PostedMay 3, 2017
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Tagsglobal warming, climate change, sea levels, pollution, marine life, plastics

An Issue That Should Bring Us Together: The State Of Our Planet

Thoughts of colonization of other planets aside — stuff that stands far away in the future — our problems are right here and right now, affecting us globally.
November 8, 2016

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PostedNovember 12, 2016
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Tagsanthropocene, earth, humanity, global warming, climate change

The Madness of Humanity Part 2: Planetary Predation

Even with all the uncertainty in the numbers, we seem to be marching towards a point of saturation, where our current practices and needs will exhaust what the planet can offer.
August 2, 2016

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PostedJuly 27, 2016
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TagsCarl Sagan, earth, Malthus, humanity, population, global warming

What The World Looks Like After The Paris Treaty

The climate treaty demands a profound paradigm shift in how civilization interacts with nature and resources — and builds hope that our deeds carry more weight than our words.
December 30, 2015

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PostedDecember 29, 2015
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Tagsclimate change, global warming

Q&A: 'Unity' Director Discusses Humanity's Future

Marcelo interviews Shaun Monson on his new documentary about the conflicts between humans, animals and nature.
August 18, 2015

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PostedAugust 25, 2015
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Tagshumanity, climate change, earthlings, gmos, global warming, animal rights, shaun monson, film

Pope's Coming Statement On Global Warming Will Be Significant

Pope Francis is preparing to urge world leaders to take action on global warming — an example of how scientific and religious leaderships can work together for the common good.
May 13, 2015

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PostedMay 12, 2015
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Tagspope francis, climate change, greenhouse gasses, global warming
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Flying low over clouds and myst…
Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍
My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained
A trail run for Mother’s Day!
#trailrunning #ourplanetourhome
Flying low over clouds and myst… Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍 My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained

Recent Activities

Recent Activities
Why We Are the Only Humans in the Universe and Why It Matters to Our Collective Future

Marcelo was a presenter at Nature, Earth and Humanity: The Evolution of Connection, an international forum on consciousness.

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement

Marcelo was director of The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) — a nucleus of intellectual and spiritual transformation, a bridge between the sciences and the humanities that people can cross in both directions and, in doing so, enrich themselves and their worldview.

13.8: Science, Culture, Meaning

Marcelo has relaunched the 13.8 blog, where he writes about science and culture with physicist and 13.8 co-founder Adam Frank.

Question Reality! Science, Philosophy, a Search for Meaning

Trace philosophy and science through the ages in Marcelo’s newest MOOC.

How to Ignite Secular Spirituality

In this virtual meeting, convened by Synergos, Marcelo Gleiser discusses how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.

NYAS Panel Discussion: The Enigma of Life

Marcelo analyzes the impact of awe and wonder on his own work and on the mindsets of his colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.

The Origins of Life

In this TEDxEast talk, Marcelo tells the 13.7-billion-year story of our universe in 18 minutes.

How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and The Scientific Narrative

A new paper by Marcelo and Damian Sowinski on applying information theory to how we make sense of the world.


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Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum. Listen to the program ➞

Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum.
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